PSYC 349 Midterm Exam
Studies of "affective forecasting" as conducted by Wilson and Gilbert in 2003, required
participants to predict their future:
A) school performance
B) emotions
C) thoughts
D) family situation
Identify a characteristic of collectivist cultures
A) collectivist cultures disapprove of conformity
B) identity is social and defined by connections with others
C) the illustrative motto is "to thine own self be true"
d) collectivist cultures approve of egotism
Values enter social psychology when researchers:
A) present the results of their experiments
B) summarize their studies
C) collect data for their studies
D) choose topics of their studies
People with low self-esteem are more likely than people with high self-esteem to:
A) have an inflated sense of self
B) take a negative view of everything
C) believe that their partners like them
D) be satisfied with their relationships
Laboratory research is an example of research in a:
A) field setting
B) common environment
C) correlation context
D) controlled situation
Who among the following in the United States achieve the most academically as
students and earn the highest median income as adults, yet have the lowest selfesteem?
A) Asian-American
B) Native Americans
C) Latin Americans
D) African-Americans